The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

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Concerts at which every one in the
audience is permitted to smoke if he
wishes are going out of favor. Good
artists will not appear at such concerts
because the smoky atmosphere is in
furious to their threats.
Il see you're printing good deal
about the correct thing in fall styles"
said n tailor to an editor "Yes, sir. :"
''Well. while you're going in on that
tack suppose You print something about
the correct thing in settlement of bills.
Washington Critic.
--"How is Mrs. McSlimsey getting
along, Mrs. Snaggs?" Quite well. I
believe. Mrs. Squildig. She is keeping
boarding house" ''Got many board
ers?" Not many regulars. but quite
lotof transom boarders, 1 believe. "
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Contrary to the general supposition
there are no areas of frozen swampS
to be found in the country adjacent to-
Alaska. A surveying party employed
by the government of Canada discovered
great deal of grassy country along
the branches of the Yukon river.
In Milesburg. Pa. the other day. a
be ar walked out of the woods. and. in
very uncOncerned and independent
manner. made his way through the
principal streets of the town. greatly to
1.-THE CONSERVATION of pedestrians. Some
dogs gave chase, but the bear got away.
"A third crystalline form of carbon
has been discovered in meteoric iron
from Western Australia. The mineral.
which is to be called CliftOnite, re-
sembles the diamond in the shape of its
crystals, but in color and other respects
it is more like graphite.-ArkanSGD
IrGreier.
The meaning of 1T" in children's
games is explained by a lecturer on
folk lore. He said that ''it'' is very
polite expression in the games Of
English-speaking children, for in Ger
man the one who is it, is called a
wolf instead of "it;" in Japanese.
''ouf.' or ''little DEVIL in Malagasy.
''bucca," or ''leper." and in Hawaiian,
''crazy one"
In Belfast. Me-, few DAYS ago n
woman who was about to start for the
West, where her husband is living, was
followed to the railway station by q
large number of female relatives and
friends, who, with tears and sobs,
urged her to remain. Her goods were
packed and ready for shipment. but
she ut last yielded and returned home
with her friends.
"A Stamford, Conn, man filed a
pipe with tobacco from his vest pocket,
where he had carelessly placed some
pistol cartridges, and unknOwinglv put
one in his pipe. In less than two min
utes it exploded. The bullet passed
through the brim of his hat and was
found embedded in board to the
depth of one inch over his head. He
fortunately escaped serious injury.
"A case of poisoning by nutmeg is
recorded in the British Medical Journal,
in which one nutmeg has been eaten by
Il patient as cure for diarrhpa. It
caused him to become giddy. stupid
and very drowsy all next day. The
properties of these seeds. and
of others of the same natural order, do
not appear to be generally known. and
seem worthy of investigation. Boston
Budget. s.@-.a
The town of FRANKLIN in Tasmania,
named after the famous navigator,
who was once governor of the island,
is now deserted ruin. 1t was once
the most thriving town of the settle
ment and a promising seaport, and
was, besides. one OF the most beauti-
fully situated towns in the Australian
world. The gold rush of Australia took
its population away, and it has never
recovered it.
"A fine setter dog, lying crosswise
upon the back of horse hitched in
front of shoe store, attracted the at
tention of hundreds of Hartford people
the other day. Every one seemed
pleased with the performance except
the dog. He looked very foolish. espe-
cially when he occasionally slipped
over to one side. and had to stick his
claws into the blanket to keep in the
position he had been told to OCCUPY.
THE Cheerful Letter Exchange
IS the latest device of Boston young
women who look for original methods
Of lending hand. The addresses of
women and girls" particu-
arly in the West, are obtained and a
is started, which is de-
signed to uplift and generally delight
he deserving woman or girl and at the
same time allow the dear good Boston
girl to indulge in epistolary gush 10 her
hearts content.
I'm the Colorado desert, near Idaho.
here is large bed of rock salt, and
he Southern Pacific railroad, in laying
he track to the salt bed. has been
obliged to grade the road for 1000 feet
With blocks of these crystals. This is
he only instance where the roadbed is.
aid and ballasted on salt The sea
which once rolled over this place dried
Up and left a vast bed of salt nearly
fifty miles long. The supply is mex
laustible and the quality excellent
MIR. c. V. Boys has been very sue
.essful in drawing ont glass and several
orts of minerals into extremely thin
breads Some minerals. he says, be-
ave like glass. 'while others will not
raw at all, being either perfectly fluid.